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NAUGATUCK - A 43-year old Naugatuck man is facing multiple sexual assault charges after police say he sexually assaulted a minor in March. Julio Ramos, 43, of Naugatuck, was arrested Aug. 15 and charged with second-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and two counts of risk of injury to a minor. Police said that the alleged assault occurred on March 2, 2014, and that Ramos knew the victim, who was described as a male in his early teens. Ramos was held on a $100,000 surety bond and was scheduled to appear in court on the charges on Monday.

BRIDGEPORT — A local man was charged with sexually assaulting three women at a treatment facility where he was employed as a janitor, police said. Police obtained an arrest warrant for Rafael Cartagena, 40, charging him with three counts of first-degree sexual assault and four counts of fourth-degree sexual assault, police said. Officers were called out to New Prospects–Recovery Network of Programs after receiving reports from staff that a janitor had sexually assaulted several women, police said.

With colleges and universities around the country reevaluating how they deal with sexual misconduct complaints, Yale University reported recently that a disciplinary committee has expelled two men charged with sexual assault. The men, who were both undergraduates at Yale College, were not named in the report due to privacy restrictions. The release detailed 64 complaints of sexual misconduct filed between Jan. 1 and June 30 of this year, including 29 involving sexual assault, which Yale defines as any unwanted sexual touching.

HARTFORD - A state employee was attacked and sexually assaulted as she headed from her office to a Capitol Avenue parking lot Monday afternoon, and two Good Samaritans who heard the victim's screams chased down and held the suspect, police said. The screams were so loud that they could be heard a block away, another state worker said Tuesday. The alleged attacker, Allen Oakes, 26, of Hartford, was ordered held, with bail set at $750,000, at his arraignment Tuesday at Superior Court in Hartford.

HARTFORD — A city man was arrested Sunday and charged with assaulting a woman. Eric Peraca-Velasquez was charged with second-degree assault, second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct, police said. Officers were called to Marion Street at about 10:30 p.m., where they found a woman who had a broken nose, dislodged teeth, lacerations and bruising, police said. She handed officers two live shotgun shells that she told police she took as she was leaving her home. Hartford police as well as officers from West Hartford and Newington set up a perimeter around the house and evacuated neighbors.

BRIDGEPORT — A 28-year-old man was shot in the groin Monday morning, police said. The victim, whom police did not identify, was believed to have been shot on Pennsylvania Avenue about 10:30 a.m., police said. Police responded to the area after reports of an assault. The victim, whom police believe may have had a confrontation with four or five people, was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle. Police are still investigating the incident and said no arrests had been made by Monday afternoon.

NORWICH — A local man was charged Friday with assaulting a 2-year-old child in his care, police said. Anyello Frayind, 29, of Central Avenue, punched the child in his leg and dragged him across the floor while caring for the child, police said. He is an acquaintance of the child's family. An officer was assigned to investigate the incident when the child was being treated for injuries at William W. Backus Hospital, police said. The child, police said, is expected to make a full recovery.

WEST HARTFORD - A former student at Sedgwick Middle School has filed a lawsuit against the town and three teachers charging that he was bullied and sexually assaulted by classmates. The suit cites two incidents that occurred on consecutive days in April 2013 while students were changing for gym class. The student said that during the first incident, three students yelled out, "let's rape [the student]" and pulled him, "kicking and screaming," into an unlocked closet where they sexually assaulted him, according to the lawsuit.

BRISTOL - Police are investigating a violent robbery that happened Wednesday morning in the area of Vance and Davis drives. According to police, a 37-year-old woman reported that she was assaulted and robbed early Wednesday while walking home from her sister's home on Davis Drive. The woman said she was walking toward her uncle's home on Vance Drive, when two men, dressed all in black, attacked her. One of the men grabbed her hair while the other punched her in the face several times, police said.

HARTFORD — A Hartford man faces up to 30 years in prison after admitting Monday that he sexually assaulted a 5 1/2-year-old girl. Jonathan Elliot, 39, pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. After being confronted about assaulting the child, Elliot fled the U.S. for St. Lucia, prosecutor Thomas Garcia said. Hartford police pursued Elliot and he was eventually returned to Connecticut. The presentation of evidence was scheduled to begin Monday in his trial.